Background*

Ms. Claire W. Gargalli served as the President and Chief Operating Officer at Equimark from 1984 to 1990. Ms. Gargalli served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Equibank and Liberty Bank, Equimark's two principal subsidiaries from 1984 to 1990. She served as Vice Chairman of Diversified Search and Diversified Health Search Companies (executive search consultants) from 1990 to 1998. She has been a Director at Praxair Inc., since 1992, Baker Hughes Incorporated ... since 1998, Western Atlas Inc. since 1994 and Renal Treatment Centers Inc., since May 1996. Ms. Gargalli serves as a Director of Virginia National Bank. She serves as an Emeritus Trustee of Carnegie Mellon University and of Middlebury College. She serves as a member of the advisory board for The Heart and Vascular Center and the board of the Foundation of the Miller Center of Public Affairs, both at the University of Virginia. She serves as a Trustee of Allegheny University of the Health Sciences. She served as a Director of Intermec Inc. from 1998 to December 31, 2007. Ms. Gargalli received her B.A. from Middlebury College in 1964.

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